Patyjewicz had been charged with disseminating images of children being sexually exploited.

He was also charged with possessing images and videos of children being sexually exploited with 57 videos containing children being sexually abused, and 12 of those videos depicting children under the age of 12.

The investigation was conducted by the Hawai‘i Internet Crimes Against Children unit in the Attorney General’s office.

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At sentencing today, the deputy attorney general asked Judge Kim to sentence Patyjewicz to the full ten year prison term.